Senior year is such an incredible season full of memories that will leave a lasting impact on your heart: pep rallies, senior events, prom, college night, campus visits, and big decisions. And, it’s also a season of scary choices and life changes. I still remember my own senior year like it was yesterday!
My number one priority as your Boise senior portrait photographer is to capture the real, natural joy during such an exciting season of your life. I want to capture you in beautiful, natural photos that reflect your happiness and give you memories to look back on for years to come!
Pictures that focus on the True You
I know how daunting adding ANOTHER senior event to your calendar can be... but I also know how important this event, a senior portrait session, is to you. That's why I have gone ahead and taken care of all the prep work for you. I go above and beyond when it comes to my clients.
Can I tell you something I wish someone told me when I was a high school senior? Ok, here we go... The next time you take pics like this, it will likely be your wedding day and by then you'll be a completely different person. Capture YOU as you are right now - right in the middle of the most incredible life change ever. You're only a senior ONCE in your life!
This is your year...
Let's make these memories
last a lifetime!
Before the senior session ever begins I help you find out exactly what outfits you're going to wear at what locations each look.
There's no reason to panic wondering what to bring or what to wear.
STEP ONE
On the day of your photo shoot, all you have to do is show up! I will handle the rest!
STEP TWO
Ready to see your senior photo gallery? I will send your beautiful gallery right to your inbox & if you'd like to order an album or canvas, you can order directly from your gallery!
You can download your gallery of images with the click of a button & share them too!
STEP Three
Secondly, I promise to make you feel comfortable, confident and radiant in front of the camera. I will pose and guide you for our entire shoot - no modeling experience required!
My goal is to enhance your natural beauty...
not change the way you look.
The real, natural, beautiful you. I know you don't want to look like someone else in your pictures... just the best YOU possible. That's why I pride myself on an organic editing process that maintains skin texture, skin tone, colors present in the image, etc. Your teeth won't be a blinding shade of white, your eyes will remain their real color, and it won't look like we edited your pics with an Instagram filter. Nope... no fake tones or processes here! When you book your session with TRP you can rest easy – my images are bold, colorful and consistent.
“Woah Tina… isn’t it a little early to book my senior pics?” HECK NO! And let me tell you why (hint…there’s perks to booking early)!
I usually book out about 3-6 months in advance. Yes… THAT EARLY! WHY?!? Because I like to prepare for your senior session in advance so that it isn’t a hurried thrown together mess the day of your session. So that means if you want a Spring session, the Fall before is the time to book!
Here's a few reasons why booking early is the best choice...
6 Reasons to
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Pinterest Planning: I want YOUR input when it comes to your session and that means you get to start a Pinterest board full of ideas for your senior pics! Pin colors, poses, location, hair, makeup and outfit ideas to help us shape your senior session to the way you want it! I also want YOU to have as much input as possible so that your senior session is incredibly customized to your personality, inspiration, and vision.
Pinterest Planning
6 REASONS TO BOOK YOUR SENIOR PORTRAITS EARLY
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This happens 4-6 weeks from your session and you’ll leave knowing exactly what you’re wearing at every single location and what accessories you’ll be pairing your outfit with too! This also ensures that you have time to pick up any last-minute pieces needed to complete your perfect looks!
Fashion Consult
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you’ll also know what your makeup and hair will look like long before your session day! This will help take off session day stress so it will be easy breezy! I also want to give you plenty of time to schedule your hair and nail appointments for that pre-session day mani/pedi and highlight application or root touch up!
Hair & Makeup Planning
6 REASONS TO BOOK YOUR SENIOR PORTRAITS EARLY
I would say that one of the biggest concerns seniors have when it comes to their graduation pictures is what to wear. You want to look trendy, but classic and fashion forward without being futuristic, am I right?
There are a few things you can do when putting your outfits together that can give you a more dynamic set of images that will add variety and interest to your session wardrobe set!
Want to know how to curate your senior portrait perfect wardrobe?!? We’ve got you covered!
Let’s discuss all the ways to make sure your outfit choices are perfectly planned for your senior session day!
How to Curate
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Stay TRUE TO YOU! While it may be fun to wear bold patterns and colors because your friend did it and it looked great in her pics, if you normally wouldn’t wear those threads, it’s best not to. Stay true to what you would normally wear to best represent yourself.
Authenticity
How to Curate Your Session Wardrobe
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Stay classic with a TWIST OF TREND! While oversized sweatshirts & bike shorts are all the rage right now, err on the side of classic sophistication for your session day. You never want to look back on your senior pics in 5 years and say, “What the heck was I thinking?!?”
Stay Classic
How to Curate Your Session Wardrobe
Here’s the deal… your senior pictures are how you document this incredible time in your life and I know that you want to look flawless without looking like you tried too hard, right? I can totally help you with that!
Prepping for their session is where most seniors over think it and end up ruining their senior pics instead of getting that portrait perfect look. Sometimes you may wanna end your year with a bang, but just before your senior pics ISN’T THE TIME. Trust me, here!
5 Things You Should
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Spray, airbrush, or any faux tanner can leave you looking orange and can make your ankles, wrists, and knuckles even look dirty. Ew. I get you want to look like you’ve just returned from the Bahamas, but you want to be VERY careful with this. I’ve seen busted wrists, knuckles, and ankles because the color can settle into the creases and wrinkles and it can look rough, friends.
Self-Tanning
5 Things you should NEVER Do Before Your Senior Session
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The same goes for hair color. Freshen up your look with your usual color / highlights, but don’t make a drastic change. It could not only shock you, but could also change the way your skin tones look, depending on the color of your hair.
Drastic Dye
5 Things you should NEVER Do Before Your Senior Session
Avoid making these 5 mistakes that could ruin your senior pics! I bet you'll be shocked when you read this list!
5 Things You Should NEVER Do Before Your Session
My best tips for putting together a session wardrobe that creates variety and interest throughout your entire session.
How to Curate your Session Wardrobe
"Woah Tina... isn't it a little early to book my senior pics?" HECK NO! And let me tell you why (hint...there's perks to booking early)!
6 Reasons to Book Your Senior Portraits Early
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What do we specialize in? Beautifully natural shots with movement and portrait perfect placement. It’s my job to know how to take any pose and make it look very natural and effortless so that your lines look beautiful, and you look relaxed.
What do we specialize in? Beautifully natural shots with movement and portrait perfect placement. It’s my job to know how to take any pose and make it look very natural and effortless so that your lines look beautiful, and you look relaxed.
If you’re bubbly and fun loving, it will be my ultimate job to capture that in your images. If you like a more serious look, I can assure you that your senior pictures will showcase that. Want both? Perfect. I can't wait to capture it all!
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My heart behind capturing your senior year is this: I want to make you feel beautiful, I want to make the process fun, and I want to make sharing your images EASY. So, that’s why my senior package include access to an online digital gallery where you can easily download, share and print all of your high-resolution digital files.
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Tina Ricketts is a Boise photographer for weddings and senior portraits, serving Idaho and destinations worldwide.
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